There are several ways for citizens to address the City Council during regular meetings. Citizens must sign rosters available outside the Council Chamber beginning one hour prior to a meeting to speak to the Council on agenda items as follows:

Individual Consideration and Consent items: Citizens must sign the appropriate sign-in sheet for these items prior to 9:00 a.m. Each citizen will have three minutes to speak on one or multiple agenda items.

Time-Certain items and public hearings: Citizens must sign the appropriate sign-in sheet for a time-certain item prior to its posted time of consideration. Citizens will be given three minutes to speak.

Citizens to be Heard: Citizens wishing to speak on issues not related to items posted on the agenda should sign the Citizens to be Heard roster prior to 6:00 p.m. Citizens will be given three minutes to speak.

Groups of citizens from the same organization are asked to share nine minutes to address the council on certain items.

Written testimony in support of or in opposition to an agenda item may be submitted to the City Council in lieu of verbal testimony. Written testimony must be submitted by appropriate registration deadlines. Testimony forms are available in the Office of the City Clerk and at the registration desk on the day of a Council meeting.

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